Science Book Summaries

Numsense! Data Science for the Layman Summary
Numsense! Data Science for the Layman
No Math Added
by Annalyn Ng 2017 147 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Science
Business
Technical
The Gratitude Project Summary
The Gratitude Project
How the Science of Thankfulness Can Rewire Our Brains for Resilience, Optimism, and the Greater Good
by Jeremy Adam Smith 2020 248 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Adult
The Microbiome Connection Summary
The Microbiome Connection
Your Guide to IBS, SIBO, and Low-Fermentation Eating
by Mark Pimentel 2022 192 pages
4.28
100+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Leadership and the New Science Summary
Leadership and the New Science
Discovering Order in a Chaotic World
by Margaret J. Wheatley 1992 248 pages
4.10
2k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Science
One Hundred Names for Love Summary
One Hundred Names for Love
A Memoir
by Diane Ackerman 2011 336 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Dianetics Summary
Dianetics
The Original Thesis
by L. Ron Hubbard 1979 294 pages
3.60
100+ ratings
Religion
Science
Philosophy
Drink? Summary
Drink?
The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health
by David J. Nutt 2020 258 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
The Yeast Connection Summary
The Yeast Connection
A Medical Breakthrough
by William G. Crook 1983 434 pages
3.79
100+ ratings
Health
Diets
Nutrition
That Sugar Book Summary
That Sugar Book
by Damon Gameau 2015 240 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
The Science of Sin Summary
The Science of Sin
Why We Do The Things We Know We Shouldn't
by Jack Lewis 2018 304 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Buddhist Biology Summary
Buddhist Biology
Ancient Eastern Wisdom Meets Modern Western Science
by David Philip Barash 2013 216 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
Science
Buddhism
Philosophy
Gut Reactions Summary
Gut Reactions
The Science of Weight Gain and Loss
by Simon Quellen Field 2019 256 pages
3.55
100+ ratings
Science
Health
Nutrition
What the Face Reveals Summary
What the Face Reveals
Basic and Applied Studies of Spontaneous Expression Using the Facial Action Coding System
by Paul Ekman 1998 672 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Psychology
Communication
Science
No. More. Plastic. Summary
No. More. Plastic.
What you can do to make a difference
by Martin Dorey 2018 103 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Environment
Sustainability
Science
Pictures of the Mind Summary
Pictures of the Mind
What the New Neuroscience Tells Us About Who We Are
by Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald 2009 177 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Theory of Almost Everything Summary
The Theory of Almost Everything
The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumph of Modern Physics
by Robert Oerter 2005 336 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
Energy Medicine for Women Summary
Energy Medicine for Women
Aligning Your Body's Energies to Boost Your Health and Vitality
by Donna Eden 2008 326 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Spirituality
Cooking for Geeks Summary
Cooking for Geeks
Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food
by Jeff Potter 2007 412 pages
4.05
3k+ ratings
Cooking
Food
Cookbooks
On Pluto Summary
On Pluto
Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's
by Greg O'Brien 2014 240 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Psychology
Health
How to Invent Everything Summary
How to Invent Everything
A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
by Ryan North 2018 437 pages
4.15
5k+ ratings
Science
History
Humor
Critical Thinking Summary
Critical Thinking
Proven Strategies to Improve Decision Making Skills, Increase Intuition and Think Smarter!
by Simon Bradley 2016 108 pages
3.27
100+ ratings
Science
Education
On Animals Summary
On Animals
by Susan Orlean 2021 256 pages
3.83
5k+ ratings
Animals
Essays
Nature
Dark Territory Summary
Dark Territory
The Secret History of Cyber War
by Fred Kaplan 2016 339 pages
3.90
3k+ ratings
History
Technology
Politics
To Engineer Is Human Summary
To Engineer Is Human
The Role of Failure in Successful Design
by Henry Petroski 1985 251 pages
3.68
2k+ ratings
Engineering
Science
Design
Chemistry for Dummies Summary
Chemistry for Dummies
by John T. Moore 2002 362 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Science
Chemistry
Reference
NeuroLogic Summary
NeuroLogic
The Brain's Hidden Rationale Behind Our Irrational Behavior
by Eliezer J. Sternberg 2016 320 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Eating to Extinction Summary
Eating to Extinction
The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them
by Dan Saladino 2022 464 pages
4.30
2k+ ratings
Food
Science
History
Riveted Summary
Riveted
The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe: The Science of Why Jokes Make ... Religion Makes Us Feel One with the Universe
by Jim Davies 2014 288 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Religion
The Universe in a Nutshell Summary
The Universe in a Nutshell
by Stephen Hawking 2001 216 pages
4.19
44k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
A Sense of the Mysterious Summary
A Sense of the Mysterious
Science and the Human Spirit
by Alan Lightman 2005 224 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Essays
What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night Summary
What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night
by John Brockman 2014 478 pages
3.44
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Essays
Taking on the Plastics Crisis Summary
Taking on the Plastics Crisis
by Hannah Testa 2020 64 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Science
Social Justice
Activism
Astronomy For Dummies Summary
Astronomy For Dummies
by Stephen Maran 1999 318 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
Science
Astronomy
Space
The Joy of Search Summary
The Joy of Search
A Google Insider's Guide to Going Beyond the Basics
by Daniel M. Russell 2019 336 pages
3.56
100+ ratings
Technology
Science
Research
What Type Am I? Summary
What Type Am I?
The Myers-Brigg Type Indication Made Easy
by Renee Baron 1998 171 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Reference
How Your Brain Works Summary
How Your Brain Works
Inside the most complicated object in the known universe
by New Scientist 2017 202 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Creativity Summary
Creativity
Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1996 466 pages
4.07
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Concise Inorganic Chemistry Summary
Concise Inorganic Chemistry
by J.D. Lee 1965 1032 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Chemistry
Science
Textbooks
Personality Summary
Personality
Theory and Research
by Lawrence A. Pervin 1984 640 pages
3.74
100+ ratings
Psychology
Textbooks
School
Ways To Go Beyond And Why They Work Summary
Ways To Go Beyond And Why They Work
by Rupert Sheldrake 2019
3.93
100+ ratings
Spirituality
Science
Philosophy
A State of Fear Summary
A State of Fear
How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic
by Laura Dodsworth 2021 320 pages
4.32
500+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Travelers to Unimaginable Lands Summary
Travelers to Unimaginable Lands
Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain
by Dasha Kiper 2023 272 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Health
On Task Summary
On Task
How Our Brain Gets Things Done
by David Badre 2020 344 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Language of God Summary
The Language of God
A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
by Francis S. Collins 2006 294 pages
3.87
13k+ ratings
Science
Christian
Theology
This Is Your Brain on Parasites Summary
This Is Your Brain on Parasites
How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society
by Kathleen McAuliffe 2016 288 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Health
Drug Dealer, MD Summary
Drug Dealer, MD
How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop
by Anna Lembke 2016 192 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Medical
Medicine
Health
Testosterone Rex Summary
Testosterone Rex
Myths of Sex, Science, and Society
by Cordelia Fine 2017 272 pages
3.79
3k+ ratings
Science
Feminism
Psychology
Alcoholics Anonymous Summary
Alcoholics Anonymous
The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism
by Alcoholics Anonymous 1991 605 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Spirituality
Blame My Brain Summary
Blame My Brain
by Nicola Morgan 2005 192 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Parenting
Science
Happy Gut Summary
Happy Gut
The Cleansing Program to Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Eliminate Pain
by Vincent Pedre 2015 400 pages
3.54
1k+ ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
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